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Gu Tzu-gang; Shen Guang-lung; Li Ke-ding 1979. A pleistocene fossil of Coelodonta from Gungho Basin, Qinghai Province (Coelodonta nihowanensis). Journal of Lanzhou University 1979: 135-138.

A pleistocene fossil of Coelodonta from Gungho Basin, Qinghai Province (Coelodonta nihowanensis)

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Location China Subject Taxonomy Species Fossil Rhinos

The present paper deals with a fossil of right mandible of Coelodontafound in the lower pleistocene from Gungho Basin, Qinghai province.The specimen is an entity of young one in age. The arrangement of arow is complete (P2-M3) and the tooth crows are middle in height.Theenamel of molars is thiner.The external surface of the molars has smallcreases. The two valleys in internal side of the molars are shallower.All the above descriptions about the present specimen may indicate thetit agrees with the Coelodonta nihowanensis,which had been found inNihowan,Gungho and other places and had newly been studied by ChouBen-shong.

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